Indian children are top of the South Asian league when it comes to the UK's GCSE secondary school examinations, according to Department of Education statistics.
Some 65.2 per cent of the Indian kids pass five exams at grades A to C, surpassing the 51.3 per cent rate of their White counterparts.
More Indian children get better grades than their Bangladeshi (45.5 per cent) and Pakistani (41.5 per cent) counterparts.
But the Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Whites are way behind the Chinese, who have 74.8 per cent winning top grades in the annual exams.
Black pupils from the Caribbean and Africa are significant under performers with only 36.3 per cent achieving five good GCSE passes.
Education experts believe traditional family values and hard work are they key factors in the success of all Asian children.
Although they are often behind their White classmates at the ages of seven, 11 and 14, they usually manage to overtake them by 16.
Within the South Asian community Bangladeshi and Pakistani children often have greater problems because their families tend to have less money and are less fluent in English.
More Indian children come from middle class backgrounds, where parents stress the importance of a good education.
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